Improved railway-car



D. FITZGERALD.

Freight Car.

Patented May 11, 1869.

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may 4 Teal! whom itmayebncwny Be it known that I, Damn FITZGERALD, of New York, in the county of NewYork, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improve- 111611128 in Railroad-Oars; and do hereby declare that I cm W 5 DANIEHLIFI IVZ GE:RA,LD, on NEW YORK; N,

Letters Patent No. 90,060, dated May 11,- 1869.

l.'hesche dul efrefe rred to in these Iletters Patent and making part ofthe same.

the following, is'a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of m invention consistsin constructing railroad-cars with double walls, floor, and roof, and providing the samewith burglar-proofsafes.- f

I In orderto enable others skilled in the art, to which my invention 'appertains to make and use the same, I

will now proceed to describe its construction and openation, referring tothe annexed drawings,;which form ,a part of this specification, and in which-'- Figure 2 is a'horizontal section. v A represents a railroad-car, of suitable dimensions;

A, the walls orsides of said car;

Figurel is a longitudinal vertical section, and

i Thewalls'or sides, as well as the floor and roof of r v the car, are made'double, with a spaee'or'chamber between, which space is filled with somevsuitable nonconducting -n1aterial, thusmakingthe car, in-agreat measure, if not completely, fire-proof. v

doors B D E of the car are of similar con striiction, that. is, double, and the intervening space filled with non-conducting substance; j

L In the corners of the car, I place stationary burglar-proof cases, F G H I, of any suitable construction, which cases 'serve, hot only as secure safes for money, or other valuables, but also serve as braces to strengthen the car. v 7 .These cases or safes are provided with doors J J. r

I also provide a can thus constructed with one or more compartments, K, the walls of which may also J be filled with s'omesuitable non-conducting substance,

or. may be-connected with the outside ai The advantages of such afcar forexpress or other companies carrying valuables to great-amount, are too.

obvious to need any mention... 7

Having thus fully described myinvention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 'ters Patent, is-- 4 r The" railroad-car A," having double walls or sides, 3 1 floor, and roof, one or more compartments, K, and burglar-proof cases F G H Lall substantially as shown and'described. V

- DANIEL FITZGERALD. Witnesses: t i H. B. BROWN,

EABLE H.'SM1'1H. 

